WebMD Announces Next-Generation Consumer Health Portal

WebMD Provides Free Personal Health Record for Every American

Portal Delivers New Levels of
Personalization, Information, Community & Care

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebMD Health Corp.
(Nasdaq: WBMD) today announced the next generation of its leading consumer
health information portal, together with free, widespread access to its WebMD
Personal Health Record. The new portal will enrich the user experience for the
more than 35 million people who turn to the WebMD Health network each month. A
preview of the new site can be accessed on the homepage of WebMD.com or at
www.pv.webmd.com.

The new WebMD health portal introduces the next level of personalization,
information, community and care that empowers people to make more informed
health decisions. In addition, the new initiative creates opportunities for
expanded sponsored promotion, and serves to increase overall WebMD traffic
through improved external search engine optimization.

"We are proud to introduce the next generation of WebMD which builds on
our rich heritage of delivering the most trusted health information for
consumers and physicians," said Wayne Gattinella, President and CEO, WebMD.
"This marks a company-wide investment made over more than 18 months in
advanced technology, design, data profiling and new content development."

As part of the new portal, WebMD will provide every American with access
to its Personal Health Record as part of WebMD Health Manager, a free service
that enables consumers to securely store and maintain their personal health
history. WebMD Health Manager provides the health assessment tools that
enable people to learn their personal health score and take a more active role
in managing their families' health.

The next generation WebMD health portal provides new capabilities across
four major areas:

Personalization

WebMD Health Search -- The new WebMD Health Search delivers the
highest level of relevant search results, further enabling people to
refine their search by treatment, prevention, symptom and related
conditions. In addition, WebMD "HealthScan" provides a set of
pre-selected editorial recommendations that span more than 1,000 major
health topics.

WebMD Symptom Checker -- WebMD Symptom Checker features a new
interactive graphic interface with advanced clinical decision-support
rules to help people pinpoint potential conditions associated with
their physical symptoms. WebMD Symptom Checker was created by
experienced group of WebMD physicians trained in the development of
clinical decision support applications using the latest standards of
evidence-based medicine.

Expanded Information

Health, Wellness and Lifestyle Centers -- The new WebMD portal makes
it even easier to find the most current health information with more
than 60 new health, wellness and lifestyle centers. Each center
features newly organized and medically reviewed information to locate
the top articles, news, community features and health assessments for
each topic.

Health Guides -- Anchored within each Health Center, the WebMD Health
Guide is designed to assist a person through the most current symptom,
diagnosis, treatment and care information related to that health
topic. These unique guides were created by the WebMD editorial staff
of professional health writers in collaboration with our proprietary
physician network of over 8,000 practicing doctors across the country.

Health Video -- Over 1,300 new broadcast-quality health videos are
featured within each of the Health & Wellness Centers. WebMD Videos
feature real stories and expert interviews and are produced
specifically for Internet viewing, with the consistent high-level
WebMD editorial standards. In addition, the popular WebMD Daily
features an original video health story each day on the new WebMD home
page.

Community

Community Centers -- The new WebMD Community Centers are designed to
help people benefit from the experiences of others who share the same
health interests. Community Centers are featured in each of the 60 new
WebMD Health Centers and connect to over 140 expert-led and
peer-to-peer message boards.

Expert Blogs -- Expert physicians and patients alike chronicle their
experiences with one another in the new WebMD health blogs. The blogs
deepen WebMD's community experience by giving an even greater
understanding of living with and treating health conditions.

Care

WebMD Health Manager -- As part of the WebMD Health Manager, WebMD's
free Personal Health Record enables people to store and maintain their
comprehensive health history in a secure, centralized location. With
the WebMD health risk assessment, people can compare their personal
health score to their peers and track their progress against a
personalized WebMD health plan. In addition, a personalized report is
provided with potential health risks to discuss with the doctor.

Finding, Selecting and Connecting with a Physician -- Through the
WebMD proprietary database that includes virtually every practicing
physician across the country, people have the ability to find a
physician across any specialty, as well as connect with a physician
for an appointment with the new online application.

"Our new consumer health portal delivers an unprecedented level of
personalization with an unparalleled user experience," said David Gang,
Executive Vice President. "Throughout 2007, we will continue to expand the
new services and capabilities of the WebMD site."

The WebMD Health Network reaches more than 35 million visitors a month
through its leading owned and operated health sites that include WebMD Health,
Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, eMedicine Health, RxList and theHeart.org.

All statements contained in this press release, other than statements of
historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including those regarding:
the amount and timing of the benefits expected from the transactions referred
to in this press release; future deployment of applications; and other
potential sources of additional revenue. These statements are based on WebMD's
current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual future events or results to be different than those described in
or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include those relating to: market acceptance of WebMD's products and services;
WebMD's ability to form and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with
customers and strategic partners; and changes in economic, political or
regulatory conditions or other trends affecting the healthcare, Internet and
information technology industries. Further information about these matters can
be found in WebMD's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. WebMD
expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.